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Chapter 284 The Lucky Group of the Quarterfinals and the Feast of the Champions League Giants

Chapter 284 The Lucky Group of the Quarterfinals and the Feast of the Champions League Giants

Tang Wu set off another wave of football craze in China almost by himself.

Needless to say, college students, college football leagues, joint sports games, and intramural games in various places have already included football as a priority.This time, more elementary and middle school students also joined the ranks of "fans". Some places even suggested that football, track and field, shot put, long jump, etc. be included in the scope of the senior high school entrance examination.

Taking advantage of this wave of upsurge, the football stadium project of Xiedu has accelerated the process again.This time, in XJ, XZ, Gansu, Harbin, Yunnan and other remote areas, a lot of land was also contracted out to build football fields.

Football is a sport that can not only exercise students' physical strength with its fierce competition system, but also form a tacit understanding among teammates, so that young players can learn how to live in harmony with others in the team and unite and help each other.

Parents love football, children love playing football, and leaders naturally welcome football.

On the day after Tang Wu's barb's lore, the results of the draw for the Asian quarter-finals of the 2006 World Cup qualifiers were announced in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Although the Chinese team won the championship of this Asian Cup, combined with some international friendly matches in normal times and the situation of the last World Cup and Asian Cup, the South Korean team and the Japanese team finally led Group A and Group B respectively as seeded teams. for the second grade.Saudi Arabia and Uzbekistan are in third tier, while Bahrain and North Korea are in fourth tier.

根据规则，以上8支球队将被分成2个小组，循环赛过后两支小组的前两名将直接获参加2006德国世界杯的资格。而两个No.3之间的胜者将与中北美及加勒比地区的No.4争夺一张决赛圈名额。

The final grouping result was that South Korea, Iran, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain were assigned to Group A, and Japan, China, Uzbekistan and North Korea were assigned to Group B.

The Chinese team not only avoided their old enemy South Korea, but also successfully avoided the two strong teams in West Asia, Saudi Arabia and Iran.

For South Korea, due to historical reasons, they avoided the North Korean team they were least willing to meet; but on the football field, they encountered Iran, which they were least willing to face.

因为韩国队在亚洲战场上的惨败都和伊朗有关：无论是96年亚洲杯上的2比6，还是02年本土亚运会时被伊朗队抢走的金牌，亦或是今年亚洲杯中3比4输给对手，这样的成绩都让韩国队上下对这个对手避之不及。

And the Iranian team is not without scruples. What they are most afraid of is Bahrain in the fourth grade, because the Bahrain team double-killed Iran in the last World Cup qualifying match.

As a seeded team, the Japanese team has been performing steadily over the years.Although they lost to China in the final of this Asian Cup, the players participating in the Asian Cup cannot represent the overall level of the Japanese national team.

But what the Chinese team is most afraid of is the Japanese team, so for the two teams, the best result is to qualify together.

While such a grouping makes the fans excited, they can't help feeling that the national strength is growing stronger.

8 teams compete for 4.5 qualifying rights. For the national football team, the fault tolerance rate is already quite high.

He even vented his deafness and said in a speech: Sun Sun, Li Tie and Tang Wu are playing well in the Premier League, and it will not be too late for the team to come back to compete when they really want to compete for the 0.5 qualifying rights.

In the Champions League, with Tang Wu's shocking barb, Liverpool became the last qualifying team in the top 16 of the Champions League, and the Premier League became the biggest winner.

In the top 16, there are 4 Premier League teams, 3 Bundesliga teams, 3 Serie A teams, [-] Ligue [-] teams, [-] La Liga teams, [-] Eredivisie team and [-] Portuguese Super League team. It is very different from the last Champions League.

Compared with the previous dark horse rampage, this UEFA Champions League has been dubbed by the media as a feast for the rich.

从99-00赛季冠军杯改制以来，就不断有传统豪门落马：00-01赛季的国际米兰队在资格赛被瑞典赫尔辛堡队淘汰；01-02赛季的尤文图斯队小组垫底未能出线；02-03赛季的德国球队小组赛全部遭淘汰，拜仁慕尼黑队6战仅积2分垫底，而排在No.3的朗斯队积分都达到了8分；上赛季更是欧洲各路豪门的冰河时代，闯入四强的四支球队中，仅有波尔图队尝到过欧洲冠军的滋味，而这种记忆也要追溯到17年前。

The awakening of the giants means the destruction of the dark horse, and all Eastern European teams in this Champions League have become the first victims.

From a normal point of view, such a high promotion rate in the four major leagues and the complete annihilation of Eastern European teams are both low-probability events.And this also belongs to the two sides of the same incident-all Eastern European teams are gone, and there will naturally be a little more in the four major leagues.

The reason for this pattern, "The Sun" believes that it has something to do with last year's Champions League upset.

Although last year's top 16 looked normal, 11 teams from the four major leagues were shortlisted.But the final four was a surprise.

And this season, except for Chelsea, the remaining three teams have encountered obvious troubles: internal and external troubles, financial constraints, and inability to advance.

As the saying goes, when the heat is too hot, turn the stove over.Compared with last year's "Popular Champions League", this year there will be a "Western European Champions League".

This makes fans have to feel that football, like other fields, has delicate balance and compensation.

On December 12, the draw ceremony for the two major European cups began at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon.

The feast of the giants means that the strong will have a dialogue in advance, and the result of the draw this time has really caught the attention of the fans.

The two favorites to win the championship, Barcelona and Chelsea, drew ahead of schedule in the quarter-finals. Real Madrid and Juventus met.Inter Milan won the previous champion Porto, while the Gunners Arsenal encountered the Bundesliga class bully Bayern Munich.Sir Alex's team was also "miserable", they met the mighty AC Milan.

In the remaining groupings, Lyon will play against Werder Bremen, Monaco will meet PSV, and Liverpool will compete with Bayer Leverkusen for the quarter-finals.

Such a grouping made Liverpool very happy, and some fans even asserted that the Red Army can be regarded as directly advancing to the quarterfinals!

Prior to this, many media including "Aspen", "Le Monde" and "ABC" conducted detailed analysis of the Spanish team's opponents.

Van Bronckhorst: "The last thing Barcelona want to meet is a Premier League team"

"They are very mature in their style of play, and they all have the strength to win the championship."

After the results of the draw came out, the headline of the first report published by Reuters was "Mourinho got his wish against Barcelona".

Indeed, Mourinho said this. Just the day before the draw, Mourinho once said: "Everyone says Barcelona is the best team in Europe at the moment, so I hope to compete with them. I hope to play against the best team, this is a challenge.” Sure enough, this peak match made the Portuguese unfortunately understand, Mourinho used to be the interpreter of the old Robson in Barcelona, ​​for him , This is also an emotional test.

The last time Chelsea and Barcelona met, it dates back to the European Champions Cup in 2000. Barcelona lost 1 to 3 in the away game, returned to the home court, and achieved a big reversal 5 to 1 (including extra time). At that time, Figo , Dani and Cocu are all starters for Barcelona, ​​while Chelsea also have Zola and Flo.Today, both teams are beyond recognition.

Before that, Ferguson said in an interview: "I have a hunch that since I coached Manchester United, I have never met AC Milan in an international competition. I feel that fate will make us go the same way."

Coincidentally, just the day before Ferguson said this, AC Milan defender Stam said: "The opponent I most hope to meet in the Champions League is Manchester United. I will take it as a contest between great teams. , both teams have the strength to win. If they meet, this will be the first time I return to Old Trafford as an opponent. I will pay tribute to the fans there. At Lau Trafford, stay I have many good memories and I can say that I am still a Manchester United fan, but of course that is in the past because I am very happy at AC Milan."

In fact, AC Milan and Manchester United have faced each other in this season's American Champions World Championship, but at that time many of Manchester United's main players were absent, and AC Milan had just resumed training, and they could not represent the highest level of the team.

In the penalty shootout, the two sides shot each other for 10 rounds, and finally AC Milan won.

Together with Liverpool, Inter Milan thinks that they have drawn the "top lottery".

Although Porto was the last champion, this time Porto is obviously seriously injured. As for how far it can go in the Champions League, it remains to be verified.

Anyway, for Mancini, as long as he doesn't meet Barcelona and Real Madrid, he thinks he is signed.

Leverkusen in the Bundesliga is regarded as a big gift package for the top sixteen, but it was not drawn by a more powerful opponent, but encountered the Red Army Liverpool.

Although Leverkusen was hailed as the weakest team, after seeing Liverpool's short-handed striker, they also saw the hope of advancing.Of course, all of this is based on whether Liverpool can buy a better striker during the winter transfer window.

An hour after the results of the top 16 draw were announced, William Hill, a famous European bookmaker, immediately adjusted its winning odds.

AC Milan replaced Chelsea as the number one favorite with odds of 1 to 6.5, and Chelsea tied for second with Barcelona at odds of 1 to 7.5 due to their early encounter with Barcelona.After that, Arsenal, Juventus, Manchester United and Inter Milan.

As for Liverpool, due to Tang Wu's wonderful performance and the fighting spirit shown by the whole team, the odds with Real Madrid are 1 to 13, ranking behind Inter Milan.

Porto, the previous champion, can only be ranked last with odds of 1 to 67.

(End of this chapter)